Dick Diver and P.P. Rebel live at The Thornbury Theatre Saturday Arvo (All Ages)

Dick Diver Return!

Dick Diver are back for a quick run of shows.

A decade has passed since they released their last album, Melbourne, Florida, after which half the band decided to watch the world shit itself from other places around the world.

Well! Now they’ve had enough of that. For the first time since 2018, the band will be in the same place at the same time this August, and will be playing an all ages show and an 18+ show at the Thornbury Theatre in Naarm. See you there :)

P.P. Rebel is the solo guise of Paris Rebel Richens (Hierophants, Parsnip), whose bedroom recordings ‘Peeping Piebald Past the Night!’ were released on cassette with Anti Fade Records in 2019. 

Since pursuing the meditation path of Kriya Yoga in 2020, Paris’ sound has evolved as a form of communion as per her service, with the intent to connect and uplift others too. Accompanied by friends and bandmates, Daff, Tristan and Pascal, Paris performs songs on the Indian instrument, the harmonium, strongly utilised in Eastern devotional music, and in her own meditation practice and guided services.

Story:

Dick Diver formed in 2008, releasing their debut EP, Arks Up in 2009, followed by full-length albums, New Start Again (2011), Calendar Days (2013) and Melbourne, Florida (2015) – all on the highly regarded Chapter Music label, and Trouble in Mind. 

They’ve garnered international attention for their songwriting, funny-slash-sad lyrics, and swapping instruments & vocals during live shows; in 2013, mid-set, they witnessed fifty men jump the fence at the Perth Laneway Festival to watch Vance Joy playing on another stage. 

Scattered across Stockholm, London and Melbourne since 2015 (the dog days of the Abbott era), they’ve played occasional shows whenever they’ve been able to.